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New Orleans based band, The Soul Rebels, offer their Power = Power mixtape as a free download via Noisey/Vice‘s exclusive premiere, featuring studio, live versions and remixes of original material as well as covers of modern day hits. They recently premiered a cover of Drake‘s “Headlines” with Okayplayer and their “504″ remix by MiiM on VIBE. The mixtape also features an exclusive remix to their cover of Daft Punk‘s “Get Lucky” featuring Big Freedia and a medley of Jay-Z classic hits entitled “Thank You.”

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Following the critically-acclaimed 2012 release of their beat-centric compilation Tempo Dreams Vol. 1 (assembled by Detroit/UK producer-at-large Tall Black Guy), Brooklyn wax purveyors Bastard Jazz Recordings have returned with Volume 2 of the enlightening, genre-bending series. This time around, the label has enlisted Bay Area mainstay DJ/producers Teeko & B. Bravo, driving forces behind the transformative “modern funk” sound emerging out of the West Coast. Sticking with the series’ theme of showcasing new styles and emerging artists, curated by their own musical peers, Teeko and Bravo have conjured up an LP of mind-blowing tracks that push the limits of soulful electronic funk, outernational boogie, and cosmic hip-hop. Tempo Dreams Vol. 2 picks up where the first edition left off, bridging the gaps between various geographic locations and local scenes, while also reaching for new heights with soaring vocal features and dance-floor primed beats.

This DJ promo features four choice album cuts: the 80′s R&B-styled bomb “Hard Pressed” by Rojai and E.Live is complemented by left coast collective Mugpush‘s “Came Too Far”, channeling a deft balance of smooth P-Funk with killer rhymes from the ever-versatile Black Spade. Also included are two tracks featured on the limited edition 7-inch teaser: the deep & sexy nighttime-synth vibes of the K-Maxx joint “Dreamin’ Of You”, backed with Teeko and Bravo’s own Starship Connection keeping things bumping with “We Can Go All Night”, complete with sexy boogie thump, understated vocals and twinkling synths.

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“We Can Go All Night” & “Dreamin’ Of You” also available on limited-edition 7″ vinyl BUY NOW

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“Sounds Of The Onyx … may be the start of a new music sensation of ‘jazz rap,’ producing an intoxicating new sound of sublime vintage jazz recordings reworked into a more modern day urban vibe.” – Vibe

HBO‘s acclaimed drama series Boardwalk Empire® presents Sounds of The Onyx, a promo-only music project celebrating the show’s recently premiered fourth season and highlighting rare jazz recordings from the Prohibition Era. This DJ promo features the full set of remixes by Pete Rock, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Om’Mas Keith, Shafiq Husayn, JayCeeOh & B-Sides, and Tall Black Guy.

While the majority of the source tracks for this project are almost a century old, the spirit of musical fusion, lyrical signification and cultural revolution embodied in the original works truly form the roots of modern American music and DJ culture, from hip-hop to EDM. The featured remixers worked off of original recordings from legends Eva Taylor & Clarence Williams’ Blue Five, Ethel Waters, Lloyd Scott & His Orchestra, Jim Jackson and Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Ten Orchestra breathing new life into their songs for the gangsters, heroes, and club-denizens of today.

A joint collaboration between HBO, Giant Step, ABKCO Records and Sony Music Entertainment, the full project is now streaming exclusively via SoundCloud.

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HBO‘s acclaimed drama series Boardwalk Empire® presents Sounds of The Onyx, a promo-only music project celebrating the show’s upcoming fourth season and highlighting rare jazz recordings from the Prohibition Era. This DJ promo features Pete Rock‘s remix of Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks‘ “Sugarfoot Stomp,” which premiered on Vibe today. While the other remixes from the project utilize vintage 1920′s recordings, Pete Rock was the only collaborator tasked to remix one of the new recordings from the official soundtrack: a cover version of the classic composition performed by Giordano and the NYC jazz ensemble, who serve as the Boardwalk Empire house band.

A joint collaboration between HBO, Giant Step, ABKCO Records and Sony Music Entertainment, the full project will be available for stream only beginning September 16th via SoundCloud, two weeks after the release of this season’s official soundtrack Boardwalk Empire Volume 2: Music From The HBO® Original Series (ABKCO Records). Giant Step will be servicing the full set of remixes by Pete Rock, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Om’Mas Keith, Shafiq Husayn, JayCeeOh & B-Sides, and Tall Black Guy on the release date.

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“Hard hitting electro” – Rolling Stone

“A brilliant young British talent” – Pete Tong, BBC Radio 1

Following the universally loved single “Easy” with Porter Robinson, LA-residing British producer Mat Zo continues to assert himself as one of the most prodigious talents in EDM today with the release of the high-energy club anthem “Pyramid Scheme” featuring Public Enemy’s legendary Chuck D (out now on iTunes and Beatport). Propelled by Chuck D’s distinctive vocals (who re-recorded his “Rock The Funky Beat” hits specifically for the track), “Pyramid Scheme” blends elements of electro-house, hip-hop and big room progressive in Zo’s unique, dancefloor destroying style.

“I’m a massive hip hop fan, so this was a big moment for me. I’d always wanted to work with a great hip hop artist, and Chuck D is definitely one of the greatest,” says Zo of the collaboration.

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In April of 2011, Karmin’s Amy Heidemann and Nick Noonan ignited the blogosphere when they posted a cover of Chris Brown’s “Look At Me Now” on YouTube. Although they are already adored by fans around the world for the pop and hip-hop covers they have posted on their YouTube Channel Karmincovers, Karmin are ready to show the world what they can do with their own original music. This digital DJ Promo contains “Acapella,” the group’s first single off of their upcoming album, Pulses, as well as instrumental and acapella versions of the track. “Acapella” was created almost exclusively with human voices according to Heidemann, who wrote the song with Noonan, Sam Hollander, and Martin Johnson (Boys Like Girls), who also produced the track.

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Following up the previous DJ promo for Jon Hopkins’ “Open Eye Signal” remixes, this digital DJ promo features the full Immunity album. Having already received 4 star reviews in MOJO, Uncut, The Guardian, and The Sunday Times, Jon Hopkins’ fourth solo album, Immunity is a powerful, multi-faceted beast, packed with the most aggressively dancefloor-focused music Hopkins has ever made. Immunity is about achieving euphoric states through music, and it is a confident, dramatic record, defined by an acute sense of physicality and place and inspired by the arc of an epic night out. It feels like the hypnotic accompaniment to a journey of creativity, a trip inside Hopkins’ mind, using analog synthesis alongside manipulations of physical, real-world sounds to make dance music that feels as natural and unforced as possible.

Don’t miss Jon at Glasslands in Brooklyn on June 4th – tickets and more info. He returns to New York in August for the PS1 Warm Up Series.

Watch the official video from “Open Eye Signal” and the amazing audio/visual collaboration with Creators Project featuring music from Immunity set to microscopic time-lapse photography of crystal growth and chemical reactions.

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Charli XCX, AKA 20-year old Hertfordshire born Charli Aitchison, recently released the single, "You (ha Ha Ha)," out now. The single is from her upcoming debut album, True Romance, out April 16th in the US. This digital DJ promo features the single with remixes by WestFunk & Steve Smart, BURNS, Goldroom, Melé, and MS MR.

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Up-and-coming UK rapper/producer Adian Coker releases his Lights Fantastic mixtape today in association with Karmaloop on his own indie label Bloom in June. The 9 tracks combine classic styled bangers, modern hits and contemporary R&B with the help of female vocalists. The project began two years ago with the creation of the opening track “Angels & Demons,” and Coker was still perfecting every aspect until it was mastered. Also included in this DJ promo are “Airs & Graces,” “Set Precedent,” “Gaza,” which premiered on Vibe.com, plus instrumental versions.

a busy autumn with the keyboardist announcing the October 9 release of Black Radio Recovered: The Remix EP. The 6-track EP, which was produced by Glasper, features remixes and previously unreleased tracks from his acclaimed album, Black Radio. The Robert Glasper Experiment covers the Little Dragon song “Twice,” remixed by ?uestlove. Also included is “Dillatude #2,” the Experiment’s tribute to the late, great hip hop producer J Dilla which is a previously unreleased track from the Black Radio sessions. Remixers also include Glasper himself, as well as 9th Wonder, Georgia Anne Muldrow, and Pete Rock, with additional contributions from rappers Black Milk and Phonte, The Roots band, and vocalist Solange Knowles.